Word: isn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prepared--the auditions can be grueling, and, especially if you play a popular instrument like the flute, very tough. The worst hazard isn't the auditions themselves but the aspiring freshmen musicians, who will sidle up to you while you're waiting to try out and just happen to mention that they've played as the visiting soloist for the Cleveland Symphony, or studied with Jean-Pierre Rampal. Don't let them psych you out--they probably won't get in either...
What can you say about these people? This isn't campus shock, this is inbreeding, or UFOs maybe...
...peer counseling. When your roommate goes berserk and your proctor has interview in Paducah, this counseling service, open in Stoughton North's basement from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., will bail you out and probably offer good advice and/or good cookies. You can also call even if your life isn't falling apart, since these students are used to questions on papers and trivia of all sorts. Interviews for Room 13 are held in the spring...
...occasion was the U.S. premiere of Houdini a "circus opera" by Dutch Composer Peter Schat and British Writer Adrian Mitchell. A note in Mitchell's libretto says that the work-originally produced in Amsterdam in 1977-"isn't a documentary but a celebration." What it celebrates is the spirit of human freedom symbolized by Houdini's ingenious escapes from every form of shackle and confinement...
...isn't really an actress yet be cause she doesn't have the disciplines," says Barbara Claman, who has become a protective aunt to Linda. "But she's learning very fast." Linda works on dropping her accent. "I took a lesson in Southern, and all you have to do is draw out those words," she says. "I could do a middle-class kid, but I'll never be one. Maybe when I'm 95 and married." She will be 18 this month, but it is not just her 4-ft. 10-in. height that makes her seem younger; her emotions...